The construction of a blacksmith shop was always one of the first buildings in any pioneer village. That's because all the other craftsmen depending on the tools the blacksmith made. Diamond Jim says ...

As Pioneer Day approaches, This is the Place is a great place to visit to learn how the pioneers lived and worked when they first came to the Salt Lake Valley. Visitors can interact with artisans and ...

Recycling may seem like a modern practice, but when it comes to reusing metal, blacksmiths of the pioneer era made the most of every precious scrap. “Before the railroads came to towns, you couldn’t ...

The news has been spread in many ways throughout the years, but perhaps Peter Thomson, the Lafayette pioneer blacksmith, had one of the more unusual ways of telling his community what was happening.

Members of the Central Minnesota Blacksmiths club are building a new blacksmith shop at the Albany Pioneer Days grounds in Albany, Minn. When it comes to staying informed in Minnesota, our newsletters ...

Frontier Village in Jamestown, N.D., held its annual Pioneer Days event on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. Events included a Wild West Players shootout, a Morse code demonstration, a blacksmith demonstration ...

The metallic clang of hammers rang out at the Pioneer Village in Rison, where members of the Cleveland County 4-H Blacksmithing Club forged their own tent stakes from low-carbon steel. The club’s ...